Naomi Campbell

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Naomi Campbell was in town Tuesday, and no phones were thrown. The supermodel helped announce a major new fashion event for Chicago called FashionWeekLive. The event, coming here March 13, is part of a nationwide tour put on by the company that produces New York and L.A. Fashion Week events. "Fashion is all I know," Campbell said, adding that she is celebrating her 21st year as a model and wanted to take her talents and the fashion experience around the country. It will be a nice slice of the fashion world, if you can afford it. Tickets will be $500 a piece for the event that will take place in a giant tent in Millennium Park and will feature top models in the fall collections of top designers.

Naomi Campbell was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday for allegedly spitting at a police officer, Sky News reported. Police said a 37-year-old woman was arrested at the terminal on suspicion of assaulting police. The Metropolitan Police spokesman refused to identify the woman, or say whether the incident took place inside the terminal or aboard a plane. Campbell's publicist, Selina Aponte, left Heathrow's police station, where the model had been taken, just before 10 p.m. but told reporters she had not seen the British model.

If comments by the original "America's Next Top Model" Adrianne Curry seem a tad snippy, she comes by it honestly: She learned from the best. During an interview in the February issue of Playboy, the Joliet native blasted the show's host/judge/exec producer Tyra Banks for being really mean "She's Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde," Adrianne tells Playboy. "She can be the sweetest person in the world, but once that camera is off, she's Naomi Campbell, in your face." After dissing Tyra, Adrianne dished on her love life with fiance Christopher "Peter Brady" Knight.

Hours after he conceded, Al Gore celebrated the end of the never-ending election, dancing up a storm with friends and celebrities in the vice president's Washington mansion. The party, which ended at 3 a.m. Thursday, got a boost from rock stars Tom Petty, Jon Bon Jovi and Stevie Wonder, who played through the night, the Daily News and New York Times reported Friday. Shedding his buttoned-up image, Gore drank beer with Petty and Bon Jovi and took off his jacket and stomped and gyrated on a packed dance floor as his wife, Tipper, hammered away on the drums.

Naomi Campbell is being accused of less-than-model behavior again: Another of her maids claims the supermodel hit her. In a terse filing in a state court in Manhattan on Monday, Gaby Gibson accuses Campbell, 35, of injuries, employment discrimination, "civil assault, civil battery" and other wrongs. Gibson sued on the eve of a scheduled Manhattan Criminal Court appearance by Campbell on charges of assaulting another maid. The court document offers no details, but in a published interview in April, Gibson said the model hit her Jan. 17, called her names and threatened to have her arrested.

Coincidence or trend? Two very separate books by supermodels Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford have hit the bookstores recently. "Naomi" by Naomi Campbell (Universe Publishing) is a voyeur's delight. Campbell is proud of her body and doesn't mind showing it clothed and unclothed via photographs by some of the most prominent names in fashion photography, including Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel and Patrick Demarchelier. Other photos show Campbell with fellow supermodels--Campbell and Kate Moss sitting in a Paris airport lounge; Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington sitting in a bathtub at a Gianni Versace party; and Campbell clowning with Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer in the Fashion Cafe in New York.

Naomi Campbell, who already has some court dates on her calendar after claims that she assaulted two of her housekeepers, was sued Thursday in New York by a third employee who says the model attacked her. In court papers, former assistant Amanda Brack said she was subjected to a series of "verbal, physical and emotional attacks" by Campbell shortly after she was hired in February 2005. In one instance, Brack's lawyer said, Campbell struck Brack in the face with her Blackberry, slammed her against a wall and slapped her because a piece of her luggage got left behind during a trip.

Think of it as "American Idol" on steroids. Or maybe "The Gong Show 2006." At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Simon Cowell rolls out his newest reality show venture, "America's Got Talent." In this one, people take a shot at fame regardless of what they consider their talent. Previews of the two-hour NBC premiere promise not just singers and dancers but ventriloquists, mimes and contortionists. "You absolutely have no idea as to who's coming up next," said Cowell, who won't appear on camera.

Holding court Naomi Campbell has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an alleged luggage rage incident nearly two months ago at London's Heathrow Airport, her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service said the supermodel faced six charges, including three counts of assaulting a constable, according to the AP. Campbell was ordered to appear at a west London magistrates' court June 20. Back to the 'Prairie' Melissa Gilbert is returning to "Little House on the Prairie" -- but this time she'll play the mother of her character from the popular TV series.

"Tiger Woods was in the audience, and he was bidding feverishly for it. But he lost out to a guy from Merrill Lynch." --David Saltzman, executive director of the Robin Hood Foundation, which at a recent fundraiser auctioned off lunch with supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Elle MacPherson and Naomi Campbell. "I know we all want to reach out and touch someone, but 10?" --Illinois Assistant Atty. Gen. Janice Dale, after local phone carriers asked for two new area codes for the Chicago area that would give the five-county area's 7.4 million residents a pool of 71 million phone numbers.